TORRANCE, Calif. — Bob Meistrell, who co-founded the Body Glove clothing company and helped develop the first neoprene wetsuit, has died in Southern California. He was 84.

Body Glove International LLC President Russ Lesser tells the Torrance Daily Breeze (http://bit.ly/10qayf5 ) that Meistrell suffered a heart attack on his boat Sunday while returning from Catalina Island and couldn't be revived.